--- title: Second member of staff for BW Bookkeeping and Project Solutions description: BW Bookkeeping and Project Solutions - Based on this experience I would like to share my 3 tips for taking on new employees image: https://www.chamber-business.com/hubfs/How%20it%20started%20%28002%29%20%28002%29.jpg --- - [About ](https://www.chamber-business.com/member/about-us) - [Membership](https://www.chamber-business.com/become-a-member-of-bedfordshire-chamber-of-commerce) - [Global Trade](https://www.chamber-business.com/exporting) - [ Events](https://my.chamber-business.com/events.html) - [ News ](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog) - [ Contact Us](https://www.chamber-business.com/contact-us) - [Members Portal](https://my.chamber-business.com/) - [BedX](https://www.chamber-business.com/bedx) - [Webinars](https://www.chamber-business.com/webinar-page) [![Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce, Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce](https://www.chamber-business.com/hubfs/Bedfordshire_Chamber_April2018_Theme/Image/logo-header.png)![Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce, Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce](https://www.chamber-business.com/hubfs/Bedfordshire_Chamber_April2018_Theme/Image/logo-header-small.png)](https://www.chamber-business.com/) T: [01582 522448](tel:01582%20522448) E: [info@chamber-business.com](mailto:info@chamber-business.com) Call **[01582 522448](tel:01582522448)** or email **[info@chamber-business.com](mailto:info@chamber-business.com)** [**](https://www.twitter.com/BedsChamberInfo) [**](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2451144/profile) [**](https://www.facebook.com/BedfordshireChamber) - [About ](https://www.chamber-business.com/member/about-us) - [Membership](https://www.chamber-business.com/become-a-member-of-bedfordshire-chamber-of-commerce) - [Global Trade](https://www.chamber-business.com/exporting) - [ Events](https://my.chamber-business.com/events.html) - [ News ](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog) - [ Contact Us](https://www.chamber-business.com/contact-us) - [Members Portal](https://my.chamber-business.com/) - [BedX](https://www.chamber-business.com/bedx) - [Webinars](https://www.chamber-business.com/webinar-page) [Join Now](https://www.chamber-business.com/become-a-member-of-bedfordshire-chamber-of-commerce) # Latest updates and stories from Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce and its Members ## Second member of staff for BW Bookkeeping and Project Solutions Written by [Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog/author/bedfordshire-chamber-of-commerce) | 08 Mar 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![Second member of staff for BW Bookkeeping and Project Solutions](https://www.chamber-business.com/hubfs/How%20it%20started%20%28002%29%20%28002%29.jpg) ](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog/second-member-of-staff-for-bw-bookkeeping-and-project-solutions) About six months ago my small bookkeeping business expanded to take on a part time assistant to help with admin and marketing which was a huge success. It was lovely to have a member of staff to talk things through with and the system we developed meant her work really saved me a lot of time (mainly a few hours a week swearing at my printer). I have now been able to offer a job to a lady who is also one of our clients. She is having a difficult time as the business she runs with her husband depends on large public events...so the pandemic has been a nightmare for them. It was great to be able to offer her some work and have some help processing invoices from suppliers. It is also allowing me to develop a few new sections in my training manual which is under development. Based on this experience I would like to share my 3 tips for taking on new employees ; 1. Make sure you have a well defined role with a training procedure in place so that they feel supported in their new role. 2. Don’t feel that you have to have a full time employee, working with these two part time ladies has been a relief to me even though I am not ready for a full time member of staff. 3. You can have staff even if you are working from home – I couldn’t work out how to deal with training or interviewing without renting an office but here we are, a team of 3. [https://www.bwbps.co.uk/](https://www.bwbps.co.uk/) Topics: [BW Bookkeeping](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog/topic/bw-bookkeeping) ![Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce](https://www.chamber-business.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos/Beds-Chamber-of-Commerce-200x200.png?width=100&height=100&name=Beds-Chamber-of-Commerce-200x200.png) #### Written by [Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce](https://www.chamber-business.com/blog/author/bedfordshire-chamber-of-commerce) ### More stories... 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